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Director Guilaume Nicloux will present his new “wildly funny” film THE KIDNAPPING OF MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ. Partly based on reclusive French novelist Michel Houellebecq (who stars in the film) disappearing during a book tour in 2011, it’s said to playfully blur the line between fiction and documentary.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Writer and director Rowan Joffe and novelist SJ Watson will present BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, an amnesiac thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong, while Skip Kite will present his tribute to a national treasure in TONY BENN: WILL AND TESTAMENT.

- In PALO ALTO the teen movie takes a wicked turn thanks to James Franco

- Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton shine in miners musical PRIDE

CAMBRIDGE FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL

The Family Film Festival returns! Yay! Sign up to a Sing–a-long FROZEN special, plus School of Slapstick film-making workshops – you’ll get to shoot your own silent comedy film. There’ll also be a special screening of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005) to celebrate 50 years since the Roald Dahl classic was published.

The artier, niche strands will include: New German Cinema; a Gerhard Lamprecht retrospective; the traditional focus on Catalan Cinema; a collaboration with Eye on Films to highlight new, emerging film talent; Cult Classics offers retro 3D classics; Short Fusion promises a selection of inspiring short films, and there will of course be a range of documentaries to get stuck into.